A school counselor wants to use a 10-year-old IQ test because “it still works fine.” What is the BEST ethical and psychometric decision?

A psychometrician used the MMPI-2 on a group of clients, but failed to mention in the report that results may have been affected by poor lighting and noise during administration. This demonstrates failure to:

You are tasked to validate a new anxiety inventory. Which would BEST establish its construct validity?

A company HR requests raw WAIS-IV scores of an employee for their personnel file. According to ethics, the psychometrician should:

A client scores 75 with a SEM of 3. You report a 95% confidence interval. Which range should you state?

A teacher insists on administering a psychological test to her students using photocopied materials “to save costs.” According to ethics, your MOST appropriate action is:

When conducting tele-assessment, you inform test-takers about possible internet interruptions that may affect timed test scores. This requirement specifically demonstrates:

A psychometrician administers a test outside her scope of competence but justifies it as “practice.” Which is the BEST ethical course of action?

In a power test, an examinee was not able to attempt all items because the time limit was shortened. This turns the test administration into:

A colleague asks you to share copies of standardized test items for “review purposes.” The ethical response is:

A psychometrician administers a standardized test but forgets to randomize the order of parallel forms, leading to practice effects. This compromises:

An HR manager pressures you to release an employee’s psychological report without written consent, saying “the company owns the results.” Ethically, you should:

A newly developed scale shows a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.58. What is the BEST interpretation?

In a speed test, most examinees answer items correctly but fail to finish within the time limit. Which measure would best describe group performance?

A psychometrician discovers that a colleague filed an ethical complaint against another professional without sufficient evidence. According to the Code, this is:

A validity coefficient of 0.40 for a new test is BEST interpreted as:

A client refuses to give consent for video recording during assessment. The psychometrician insists it is required. This is primarily a violation of:

A psychometrician is assigned to administer a test to her nephew. Which ethical principle is MOST at risk?

A research study involves correlating depression scores (interval data) with therapy attendance frequency (ratio data). Which correlation is most appropriate?

During the standardization of a new Filipino-developed intelligence test, the researchers notice that test items appear too difficult, producing a positively skewed distribution. Which interpretation is MOST accurate?

A client’s observed IQ score on the WAIS-IV is 105 with a SEM of 3. At the 95% confidence interval, how should the psychometrician report the score?

A school requests you to administer the Stanford-Binet (SB5) for admission purposes. However, the latest manual available is a photocopied 2003 edition. According to ethical standards, what is the MOST appropriate response?

A company insists on using the MBTI for employee selection. From a psychometric perspective, what is the BEST reason to reject this request?

A psychometrician designs a survey to measure anxiety using Likert-scale items (1–5). Which reliability estimate is MOST appropriate?

A researcher correlates results of the Raven’s Progressive Matrices with the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) administered at the same time. What type of validity is being tested?

A student’s raw score of 85 on a national test corresponds to the 90th percentile. How should this be explained to parents?

During remote administration of a test, the client’s unstable internet causes disconnections that disrupt timing. What ethical principle is MOST relevant in handling this situation?

A psychometrician interprets the MMPI-2 profile but fails to note that the validity scales indicate random responding. Which principle is violated?

You are asked to use the Panukat ng Ugali at Pagkatao (PUP) for an organizational setting. Which justification BEST supports its use?

A researcher is developing a new Filipino emotional intelligence test. They ask a panel of experts to judge whether each item is “essential,” “useful but not essential,” or “not necessary.” Which quantitative index of content validity is MOST applicable?

A university uses the PACT to assign students to college majors. If the test is used to predict future success in those majors, which type of validity evidence is required?

You administered the 16PF to a client, but the profile shows a very high impression management score (social desirability). What is the MOST appropriate psychometric action?

A new personality inventory was developed with α = 0.62. What is the BEST conclusion?

A court orders you to release the raw responses of a client’s MMPI-2. What is the MOST appropriate action?

A researcher computes the agreement between three raters’ ordinal rankings of interview performance. Which reliability coefficient is MOST appropriate?

A client’s WAIS-IV Full Scale IQ is 120. Which interpretive descriptor best applies?

During a job screening, HR insists on using the Wonderlic Test (WCAT). The psychometrician explains that this test is appropriate if the goal is:

A researcher wants to compare depression levels between two small groups of 10 participants each, with non-normal distributions. Which statistical test is MOST appropriate?

In teleassessment, you explain to the client that unstable internet may affect results and alternatives will be arranged. Which ethical principle is MOST directly upheld?

You’re reviewing a local adaptation of the WAIS subtest battery. The Processing Speed index drops substantially compared with the original norms while Verbal Comprehension stays similar. Which is the MOST plausible explanation?

A newly created attention scale shows Cronbach’s α = 0.92 but item-total correlations reveal two items with negative correlations. What is the BEST immediate action?

During local norming, a cognitive battery shows much higher score variability in rural subgroup than urban subgroup. As a test user, the MOST appropriate conclusion is:

You want to test whether a training program improves cognitive test scores. You measure the same participants before and after training (n = 25). Scores are approximately normally distributed. Which test is MOST appropriate?

A school asks you to use Raven’s (APM) in a multilingual classroom where many students are unfamiliar with test formats. Which limitation should you WARN them about?

A manufacturing company needs a short screening for attention and motor speed for line workers. Which Annex B test/subscale is MOST appropriate?

You notice a trainee scored a client’s performance test but forgot to apply the reversed scoring on two items. After discovering this, the BEST immediate step is:

A third party (employer) requests a diagnostic formulation and raw item responses for an employee they referred. You’re bound by the PAP Code of Ethics. What is your MOST ethical course of action?

You discover that a colleague routinely allows non-psychometrically trained staff to administer standardized cognitive tests unsupervised for practice sessions. According to the Code, which action is MOST appropriate?

You administer a short attention test: raw score = 28 out of 30. The test manual gives a mean = 24, SD = 3. What is the z-score (mental math) and how would you describe the result?

A new test of study habits claims to measure “motivation” but most items actually ask about time management. What problem does this show?

You administer the same personality test to a client twice in 2 weeks and get almost identical results. What type of reliability is this?

A researcher studies stress levels in freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors at one time point. What type of design is this?

An HR manager wants to use the MBTI to hire applicants. What is the BEST response as a psychometrician?

A guidance counselor asks what test is suitable to measure general reasoning ability in high school students with limited English. Which is BEST?

While scoring a test, you notice the client left 4 blank answers. What is the BEST action?

A client refuses to sign a consent form but still wants to take the test. What should you do?

A teacher wants to use last year’s exam results to decide who should be admitted to a special program this year. What is the MAIN concern?

If two variables move in the same direction (as one increases, the other also increases), what type of correlation is this?

A student asks you what score they got in the intelligence test you administered. What should you do?

A depression inventory shows high reliability but very low correlations with other validated depression scales. What does this suggest?

A client scored in the 98th percentile on an intelligence test. What is the BEST way to explain this to the client?

An emotional intelligence test has α = 0.95. What is the MOST likely issue?

A researcher compares stress levels in teachers and nurses. Data are normally distributed, two independent groups. Which test is MOST appropriate?

In a scatterplot of anxiety and performance, the points form an inverted U shape (performance is best at moderate anxiety). What type of correlation does this show?

A school counselor considers using the MMPI-2 to screen students for career guidance. What is the BEST advice?

Which Annex B test is MOST appropriate for measuring specific aptitudes like mechanical reasoning and spatial relations?

During group testing, one student openly copies answers from a seatmate. What is the MOST appropriate response?

A parent demands to see the raw Rorschach responses of their child. What should you do?

A psychometrician is asked by a company to give higher scores to a favored applicant. What principle is MOST directly violated if they agree?

You administer the MMPI-2 to a client whose profile shows valid responses, but the scales suggest very high defensiveness (K scale elevation). Which interpretation is most likely correct?

A new Filipino-developed aptitude test was found to correlate strongly with academic GPA but weakly with a standardized reasoning test. Which is the least unlikely explanation?

A researcher wants to know if the stress scores of nurses differ by ward assignment (ER, ICU, OPD, Pediatrics). The data are normally distributed. Which is most likely the correct statistical approach?

A company insists on using the NEO-PI-R for hiring employees into high-pressure sales jobs. Which is the least preferred justification for using the NEO in this setting?

You are asked to recommend a tool to assess mechanical reasoning and spatial ability for vocational placement in technical jobs. All but which of the following would be appropriate?

During group testing of the Raven’s Progressive Matrices, one examinee openly asks another how to solve a figure pattern. Which response is most likely consistent with best practice?

A client agrees to testing but later withdraws consent halfway through an MMPI-2 administration, saying they feel uncomfortable. Which is the least unlikely ethical action?

A student scores significantly lower on Processing Speed (WAIS-IV) compared to Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Reasoning, and Working Memory. Which is the most likely interpretation?

A study finds that job satisfaction and job performance have a correlation of r = 0.30. Which statement is not least likely true?

A company requests that you release the full raw test booklets of the DAT and Raven’s for HR staff to review. Which action is the most unlikely to be ethical?

A new intelligence test gives nearly identical scores each time it’s administered to the same person under the same conditions. What does this demonstrate?

A test of leadership skills claims to measure “decision-making” but most items actually ask about “confidence.” What is the BEST way to describe this?

A researcher wants to examine the relationship between burnout and job satisfaction in teachers. Both are measured with Likert-type scales, normally distributed. Which is the BEST statistical tool?

A study finds that students’ study habits and exam scores have r = 0.55. Which statement is MOST accurate?

A school counselor wants to use the Rorschach Inkblot Test to identify students with “good personalities” for scholarship selection. What is the BEST advice?

Which test is MOST appropriate for assessing vocational interests of high school students choosing career tracks?

You are scoring the 16PF but accidentally use the wrong norm table (adult norms for adolescents). What is the MOST likely consequence?

A client says: “Please don’t tell my parents what I score on this test. I want it to be private.” You are testing a 17-year-old for school placement. What should you do?

A company asks you to email them copies of completed answer sheets of job applicants “for records.” What is the MOST ethical response?

A school principal pressures you to adjust the test scores of borderline students so they can qualify for honors. If you refuse, you risk losing your contract. What should you do?

An aptitude test gives consistent scores across multiple administrations, but the scores do not match actual performance outcomes. What does this show?

A personality test is found to measure anxiety, depression, and stress, even though it claims to measure only anxiety. What problem is this?

A researcher studies the link between sleep hours and exam performance. Which is the MOST appropriate statistical method?

A training program’s effect on stress is measured in the same employees before and after the program. Which test is BEST?

Which test is MOST appropriate to assess psychopathology symptoms in clinical settings?

Which test is LEAST likely appropriate for recruiting bank tellers who need speed and accuracy in computations?

A client skips several items in the 16PF questionnaire. What should you do FIRST?

During assessment, a client admits to having suicidal thoughts with a detailed plan to act tonight. What is the MOST ethical immediate response?

You are evaluating a corporate employee who reveals they are planning to poison a co-worker during tomorrow’s shift. What is the MOST ethical and legal action?

During intelligence testing, a parent demands you reveal the child’s score immediately, while the child pleads with you not to. The child is 15. What should you do?

A school plans to use the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) for students from a rural province with very limited exposure to standardized testing. What is the MOST likely concern?

The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) is being considered for a Filipino clinical setting. Which is the BEST limitation to highlight?

A study compares the Rorschach scores of three cultural groups (urban, rural, indigenous). The distributions are not normal. Which statistical test is MOST appropriate?

A researcher develops a new pictorial self-concept scale for preschoolers. To check if items cluster into expected domains, which method is MOST appropriate?

Which projective test uses color preferences to infer personality traits and emotional states?

A school counselor is asked to use the MMPI-2 for indigenous students with little exposure to Western concepts of mental health. What is the BEST alternative?

A psychometrician administers the NEO-PI-R to OFWs returning from abroad. Many items are misunderstood due to cultural phrasing. What is the BEST step?

A psychometrician begins a romantic relationship with a client after testing is completed but while feedback sessions are still ongoing. What is the BEST description?

In a collectivist community, parents insist on knowing all test results of their adult child “because family decisions must be shared.” What is the MOST ethical response?

A psychometrician is subpoenaed in court to release test results of a client who belongs to a minority cultural group. The client pleads not to release them, fearing discrimination. What is the BEST action?

A school counselor administers the SB5 to a gifted child using outdated norms and without cultural adaptation. The child’s parents complain that the results underestimated their child’s ability, which may affect admission to a special program. Which PAP principle is MOST directly compromised?

A psychometrician is asked to administer the WAIS-IV in a rural barangay health center. The instrument is classified as a Level C test. According to RA 10029 (Philippine Psychology Act of 2009), who is legally authorized to interpret and release such test results?

A university research team is studying the PUP (Panukat ng Ugali at Pagkatao) with senior high students. Some items deal with sensitive topics about aggression and delinquency. According to the Data Privacy Act and PAP Code, what is the MOST critical step before administering the survey?

Under the Philippine Mental Health Act (RA 11036), a hospital requires psychometric testing before admitting patients to a psychiatric ward. Which use of testing would be LEAST consistent with the law?

A corporation insists on using the MBTI for promotions, arguing it is internationally popular. As a psychometrician, you explain that MBTI lacks predictive validity for job performance and recommend a locally validated test instead. Which PAP principle are you MOST upholding?

During WAIS-IV administration, a client’s responses show clear signs of misunderstanding due to hearing impairment. The examiner continues the test without accommodations to avoid “bias.” Which PAP principle and ethical duty were MOST violated?

An HR manager requests access to the MMPI-2 raw responses of applicants for review. You explain that as a Level C test, access is restricted. Which ethical principle is MOST directly upheld when you refuse to release raw data?

You are called to court in a case where a PWD client with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) was the victim of a physical assault in a public area. The accused culprit is later identified as your own uncle. During the trial, the defense lawyer demands the release of the client’s raw WAIS-IV protocols for cross-examination. According to the PAP Code of Ethics, RA 10029 (Psychology Act), and RA 11036 (Mental Health Act), what is the MOST ethical course of action?

A defendant diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and Bipolar I is being tested with the MMPI-2. The prosecution demands that results be used to prove criminal responsibility. What is the MOST ethical psychometric stance?

A psychometrician is evaluating a college student. The dean offers: “If you make sure this student passes the psychological evaluation, I’ll give you a permanent teaching load here.” What is the BEST ethical principle that should guide your response?

You are asked to evaluate a Middle Eastern overseas worker who reports fasting for days and hearing the voice of Allah during prayer. A supervisor suspects psychosis and insists on referral to psychiatry. Based on psychometric principles and ethical practice, what is the BEST response?

The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales (SB5) includes subscales for Fluid Reasoning, Knowledge, Quantitative Reasoning, Visual-Spatial Processing, and Working Memory. Which was the first version of the Stanford-Binet, and what was its historical purpose?

A hospital is conducting research on depression in adolescents using the PHQ-9. Under RA 11036 (Mental Health Act) and the Data Privacy Act, which step is MOST critical before data collection?

A client’s MMPI-2 shows valid responding but very high scores on the Depression (D) and Psychasthenia (Pt) scales. Which interpretation is MOST consistent with psychometric guidelines?

The WAIS-IV is commonly used today, but which statement about its history is MOST accurate?

While conducting a therapy-consultation session, you realize midway that the client is your long-lost parent who abandoned you as a child. The client does not know you are their child. According to PAP ethical standards, what is the BEST immediate action?

A psychometrician is asked to administer the MMPI-2 online due to pandemic restrictions. Internet connection is unstable, leading to skipped items and irregular timing. According to the PAP Code and test ethics, what is the MOST appropriate course of action?

A regional trial court orders you to evaluate a juvenile offender charged with assault. The child is 15 years old and has been diagnosed with ADHD. The court asks for your full test report including raw WISC-V protocols. According to RA 9344 (Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act), RA 10029, and PAP ethical standards on competence and scope of practice, what is the BEST action?

Which statement BEST describes the history and purpose of the Strong Interest Inventory (SII)?

A psychometrician is asked to evaluate a child under RA 7610 (Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act). During the session, the child reveals ongoing abuse but begs you not to tell anyone because the abuser is a family member. According to PAP Code, RA 7610, and RA 11036, what is the MOST ethical action?